Chicopee, Massachusetts, 6,807 students in 15 schools

Chicopee School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Chicopee have built in snow days?

Every closed day is made up in Chicopee: on the 2026 to 2027 calendar a day lost to weather comes back later in the year. Added as needed after the scheduled June 15 last day.

Q: When is the last day of school for Chicopee?

June 15, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Chicopee get?

About 26.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Chicopee?

14 inches on January 26, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 44.6 inches.

Q: How does the Chicopee snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Chicopee through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Chicopee’s own big snow morning: 4.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Chicopee, measured against Chicopee's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Chicopee close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Chicopee.

The Chicopee playbook

How Chicopee calls a snow day

Every closed day is made up

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar each day Chicopee closes for weather comes back later in the year, as set out under making up a lost day.

“Last Day of School* Tuesday, June 15, 2027 *Snow days are not included and will be added as needed.”

Source

Making up a lost day

Added as needed after the scheduled June 15 last day.

“*Snow days are not included and will be added as needed.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
Last day June 15, 2027

District calendar

Read from Chicopee’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is chicopeeps.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Chicopee’s snow record

26.1inches of snow a winter

3.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

4.1 ina big snow morning in Chicopee: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.8Nov

5Dec

9Jan

8.4Feb

2.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on January 26, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 44.6 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 5.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.6 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Massachusetts rule

How Massachusetts counts a lost day

Massachusetts requires a 185 day calendar, at least 180 days actually held, and 900 hours for elementary or 990 hours for secondary students. Every day lost through March 31 is made up with full rescheduled days; after March 31, days are made up until 180 or the scheduled 185th day, whichever comes first.

The Massachusetts rules in the agency’s own words, and every Massachusetts district

Next door

Districts near Chicopee

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
South Hadley School DistrictSouth Hadley	34.2 in	2.1
Holyoke School DistrictHolyoke	26.1 in	1.1
Ludlow School DistrictLudlow	37.6 in	2
Springfield School DistrictSpringfield	26.1 in	1.1	5
West Springfield School DistrictWest Springfield	26.1 in	1.1
Easthampton School DistrictEasthampton	53.4 in	3.1

The schools

15 schools

Every school in Chicopee follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Chicopee High
Chicopee Academy

Middle

Bellamy Middle
Dupont Middle

Elementary

Bowe
Gen John J Stefanik
Fairview Elementary
Barry
Litwin
Bowie
Streiber Memorial School
Belcher
Lambert-Lavoie

Other schools

Szetela Early Childhood Center

Questions

Chicopee snow day questions

Does Chicopee have built in snow days?

When is the last day of school for Chicopee?

How much snow does Chicopee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Chicopee?

How does the Chicopee snow day predictor work?

How does Massachusetts handle snow days?

More winter

More for Massachusetts snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Massachusetts winter forecastThe season ahead for Massachusetts: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.